ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS BRUSSELS SUICIDE ATTACKS

-          Islamic state claimed responsibility for suicide bomb attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian Capital, on Tuesday which killed at least 35 people, with police hunting a suspect who fled the air terminal.

-          Police issued a ‘wanted notice’ for a young man in a hat who was caught on CCTV pushing a laden luggage trolley at Zaventem airport alongside two others who, investigators said, had later blown themselves up in the terminal killing at least 10 people.

-          Officials said 20 died on the metro train close to European Union Institutions.

-          It was unclear still what caused the blast but a news agency linked to Islamic state said that it was a suicide attack.

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